As kids, we read stories about princes who fell in love with princesses.

As kids, we watched cartoons about mums and dads living in nice houses.

We even went to family weddings.

It isn’t gays or drag queens who indoctrinate kids about sexuality — it’s straight folks who do it.

As kids, we read stories about princes who fell in love with princesses.

As kids, we watched cartoons about mums and dads living in nice houses.

We even went to family weddings.

It isn’t gays or drag queens who indoctrinate kids about sexuality — it’s straight folks who do it.

“Any kid in my school will know this is a safe classroom, and if you're having issues there are people in this school that will help you out … And we will protect you.”

We need more teachers like this.

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This is my kind of shade. Canal Street 🏳️‍🌈

“We’re Black and Brown queer people that need to love each other, that need to look after one another, that need to fight the racism, fight the sexism, fight the homophobia, fight any form of discrimination – fight the transphobia!”

Love UK BLACK PRIDE!

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When politicians and media vilify LGBT people, strip away our rights, and force many to hide who they are in public, that isn’t a “legitimate difference of opinion.” It’s systemic persecution.

“Boston Children’s Hospital said on Tuesday that its staff has faced a flood of violent threats and harassment sparked by a false claim made by the viral LibsofTikTok Twitter account.”

This is where dehumanising lies about LGBT folks lead. It’s violence.

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“Banning of books is not a figurative matter in contemporary America … efforts to explain the attack on Rushdie in the relatively trivial terms of the culture wars are at best tendentious, at worst a harmful distraction from the real threat.” newrepublic.com/article/167434… The New Republic

My next book to read.

A reminder that there is still time to submit an abstract for Zoe Strachan and I’s 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ special issue of Association for Scottish Literature review. Email us up to 300 words outlining your idea by Monday - we’d love to include it in the journal!

“The number of homophobic hate crime reports in the UK has doubled and the number of transphobic hate crime reports has tripled over the last five years…”

This is a painful reminder of systemic violence against LGBT people. We must do more to end it.

vice.com/en/article/93a…

“We’re in the middle of a growing wave of hate and demonization targeting LGBTQ+ people … Online hate and lies reflect and reinforce offline violence and hate.”

The escalating vilification of LGBTQ people is scary. All media outlets must challenge this.

nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-ne…

Wishing all my friends a joyous UK BLACK PRIDE! Stay cool and fabulous. ✊🏾🌈

A reminder: be a flaming queen.

I’ve made a new peacock friend. 🦚

“I tell them that, growing up, I was considered very different, but now I get to wear what I want – and look at how fabulous I am! I let them know that being different is really cool, and so is being normal … and we can live in society together.”

❤️🌈

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I’m so gay; I can’t see straight.